Atwater in the Park is finally open. The newest edition to the Grosse Pointe combines Detroit beer, German food and an 80 year old church. I love the atmosphere of this place inside and out. The seating outside is a bier garten style, meaning it’s mostly picnic style tables and you squeeze in where ever you can fit. Inside has about the same amount as sitting as the outside but also includes a huge U shaped bar. All the brewing equipment is up where eth alter use to be. It is kind of weird seeing the Jesus on the stained glass window blessing the brew equipment, but I also like it. The pews from the old church where repurposed into the seating. All the food is German based for example Wurst plates, schnitzel, and German Pizza. I can’t wait to visit again to try everything.
For our first visit we just sat at the bar and shared an order of pretzels and a flight of beer. I will be going back and providing more reviews of the food, because so much of it looks amazing. My wife and I found the pretzels to be a great deal. At only $4 you got 6 pretzels at varying sizes. To be specific, 2 large, 2 medium and 2 small soft pretzels. They also come with 2 great sauces. The first was a honey mustard that I enjoyed. It was sweet and a little spicy. It was pretty liquidity but I still liked the overall flavor. The second sauce is a beer cheese fondue. This was cheesy and hearty filled with onions and some other veggies it may have just been there beer cheese soup, but im not complaining. The Large and medium pretzels were better than the small in my opinion as I think the small got a little over cooked. I still ate them. These were great with our beers and you can’t beat the price.
Now for the beers. You can get the classic Atwater beers as well as some exclusives to Atwater in the Park. We went with a mixture. The Dirty Blonde is a classic and should be tried by all beer lovers. The Summertime was new to me and I liked it. It has a little bit of citrus flavor perfect for the summer. Think Oberon. The triple and Cottonwood were both exclusives. The Triple was high alcohol content but was not over powering. I’ll have more on the beers as well as we visit the bier garten throughout the summer.
Thanks for reading. GO TO ATWATER!
Thanks for reading. GO TO ATWATER!